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As it’s nearly Easter and exactly 100 years since the Easter Uprising.
What If:-
Britain had not gone to war (either no WW1 or Britain keeps out how).
So August 1914 – no war
The Government of Ireland Bill – The Third Irish Home Rule Bill
Promised by the Liberals in order to ensure Irish Parliamentary Party’s support in 1911
First Reading April 1912
Irish unionists form 100,000 “Ulster Volunteers” – Parade through Belfast to protest in April 1912
Passed by Commons, rejected by Lords January 1913
Irish Nationalists form the ‘Irish Volunteers’ to defend ‘Home Rule
Curragh incident of 20 March 1914 – A number of British Army (Irish) officers publically threaten resignation if ordered to impose Home Rule on the Unionist
Home Rule Bill is re-introduced mid-1913
The Bill is finally passed by 77 votes 25th May 1914. It is rejected in the Lords but the Government invokes the Parliament Act to by-pass the Lords and submit the bill for Royal Assent.
July 1914 The Liberal Government introduces an Amending Bill to temporarily exclude Ulster from Home Rule – this is part of proposed compromise.
July 1914 Buckingham Palace Conference – 2 MPs from each party attend - Liberals, Irish Nationalists, Irish Unionists, Conservatives hold – talks are inconclusive but productive.
August 1914 – War breaks out – only it doesn’t’
Irish Government Act 1914 – gets Royal Assent in September (but is suspended in OTL)
·OTL The Amending Bill is abandoned September 1914.
Only No War – so what happens next? ·Civil War ·Compromise ·British Army Mutinies ·???